Can a straight man have gay voice?

The plain "Gay Voice" thread reminded me of something I've wondered about. Am thinking, for example, of the late John Ritter, who apparently was straight (??) and whose voice always pinged bigtime to me, and, as another example, a doctor I have who is married with kids, who has the gayest voice I've ever heard. Of course he could be gay. I'm in no position to know...but I'm curious what you experts think. I mean, most people have no idea how they sound to other people.

by Anonymous

reply 44

11/13/2014

Of course not.

by Anonymous

reply 1

01/30/2013

Yethhhhh!

by Anonymous

reply 2

01/30/2013

I wonder if we have the same doctor, OP. Major case of gay voice. And from what I know of his wife, family, and life circumstances, this doesn't seem like a person who would feel the need to be closeted.

by Anonymous

reply 3

01/30/2013

My doc's ofice is in the San Fernando Valley. Another thing that makes me think he is straight is that his major avocation is surfing--not a notoriously "gay" activity.

by Anonymous

reply 4

01/30/2013

A guy can have semi-gay voice and still be straight as an arrow. Take Tebow and Lautner for example.

by Anonymous

reply 5

01/30/2013

Lyle, the Effeminate Heterosexual

by Anonymous

reply 6

01/30/2013

Mayor Bloomberg.

by Anonymous

reply 7

01/30/2013

If they are from Haiti yes. Otherwise no, they are secretly gay.

by Anonymous

reply 8

01/30/2013

I just thought Mayor Bloomberg has a Boston area accent, kind of like Baba Wawa. (He's not a native New Yorker, natch).

by Anonymous

reply 9

01/30/2013

Yes, my de facto business partner screams "homosexual" every time he opens his mouth. He was the first person I ever met in a business situation that I was "sure" was gay. But he's not -- I've known him and his wife and kids for 20 years now.

I don't really "hear" the voice anymore, but clients do -- they assume he's gay and I'm straight.

by Anonymous

reply 10

01/30/2013

It is strange in the south. I swear, 1/2 of the men in professional jobs (not the good ole boys) have at least some gay voice and tend to favor extremely neat appearances (i.e. well coordinated outfits with perfect hair and nails). It strikes me as gay. But most are married to junior league types. They cannot all be closeted... can they?

by Anonymous

reply 11

01/30/2013

Sure OP. Take Tom Selleck, for example. Well......maybe not.

by Anonymous

reply 12

01/30/2013

Yes, and it's becoming more common. With guys under 30, it's often impossible to tell if they are gay or straight.

by Anonymous

reply 13

01/30/2013

I don't think so. If they say they're straight, they're lying if they speak in gay voice.

by Anonymous

reply 14

01/30/2013

R11, I always thought the Southern drawl sounded, well, gay. It's the slow, gentle way of talking, I guess.

by Anonymous

reply 15

01/30/2013

Don't ask me.

by Anonymous

reply 16

01/30/2013

Of course they can have a gay voice, even it they don't speak with a gay accent.

Adam Levine is a perfect example.

by Anonymous

reply 17

01/30/2013

Bobby Kennedy had a gay voice.

by Anonymous

reply 18

01/30/2013

R6 - huh, kind of weird that on DL we can post all kinds of ugly profantity but cannot type the word "e44eminate".

by Anonymous

reply 19

01/30/2013

[quote]A guy can have semi-gay voice and still be straight as an arrow. Take Tebow and Lautner for example.

When did Tebow turn straight?

by Anonymous

reply 20

01/30/2013

most urban German men have total gay voice, a voice that says, "stop That! Stop that NOW! or I'll have a hissy-fit!"

by Anonymous

reply 21

01/30/2013

An old school friend's step-father looked and sounded like Charles Nelson Reilly, he said the man was straight.

by Anonymous

reply 22

01/30/2013

Let's turn the question around, can a gay man have a straight voice? I say yes and there are many.

by Anonymous

reply 23

01/30/2013

Rick Snyder, governor of Michigan is a poster boy to answer this question.

by Anonymous

reply 24

01/30/2013

[quote]Let's turn the question around, can a gay man have a straight voice? I say yes and there are many.

I'm a Southerner, and I agree with the poster who said that the wealthier, higher class men in the South often have that accent that is associated with "gay". It is sort of a softer way of talking and the way they end each sentence. I am a redneck hillbilly and I don't have it. There is a TV preacher out of Dallas, named Marcus Lamb, and I was sure that he was a closeted homosexual, expecting a scandal at any time. When the scandal happened, he had been having a longterm affair with a woman on his staff. I don't know what to think now, but he is very (that word we can't write without it being changed to childish epithet posted by a bigoted fool).

by Anonymous

reply 29

01/30/2013

Yes. I know a straight guy who went to the Columbus School of Art & Design. Looked like a gay Kenny Loggins. Gay supportive/friendly, but totally heterosexual. With all the stereotypical gay mannerisms, lisp and vocal affectations, etc. He was not in the closet or in denial. He was just an effeminate gay-acting straight guy.

by Anonymous

reply 30

01/30/2013

Just watched my DVR Oprah's interview with Drew Barrymore and when she interviewed her new husband, Will Kopelman, I kept thinking he had a gay voice.

by Anonymous

reply 31

01/30/2013

Al Gore has gay voice.

by Anonymous

reply 32

01/31/2013

Female here : just slept w/a supposed hetero man w/gay voice.

by Anonymous

reply 33

07/25/2013

I've noticed that many hetero Jewish men have a serious case of gay voice.

by Anonymous

reply 34

07/25/2013

I've noticed that a lot of Bay area born and bred younger generation (especially young white guys) have gay voice, or atleast, cadence. It could be cultural.

by Anonymous

reply 35

07/25/2013

Drew Barrymore has gay voice.

by Anonymous

reply 36

07/25/2013

PETER FUCKING SARSGAARD.

I know he's married to Jake's sis and all, but...

by Anonymous

reply 37

07/25/2013

YES

go to Germany and you'll see

by Anonymous

reply 38

07/25/2013

What a dumb question.

There is such a thing as a "gay sounding" voice, but not only gay men have it.

One of the reasons that non sexual gays say certain men or women "ping" is because of the sound or timbre or inflection of their voices. Therefore Angie Harmon and Ryan Gosling must be gay. OK. But they are not.

I have a deep resonant Italian accented speaking voice, a bit thuggish. My dick is gay.

Attuned gaydar perceives things more subtle than the sound of the voice.

There are a lot of unfortunate voices in this world, and they are spread pretty evenly around.

by Anonymous

reply 39

07/25/2013

I think I'm listening to a straight man with gay voice speaking right now. He has exceptional gay voice and is quite feminine but he talks about women and girls he likes. He's African-American. If I heard him on the phone, I would immediately think he was gay but apparently...not? Hmmm....I don't think he has a girlfriend, just talks about them.

by Anonymous

reply 40

11/13/2014

You mean Rick Scott of Florida, right, R24?

by Anonymous

reply 41

11/13/2014

Why yes, old bean.

by Anonymous

reply 42

11/13/2014

No, R41. Youtube Rick Snyder.

by Anonymous

reply 43

11/13/2014

One of my doctors is an Italian born physician with the most high nasal faggy voice imaginable. He is a nice man who is married to a beautiful woman to whom he is obviously very devoted and has a handful of beautiful children. I do not believe he is gay, bisexual nor a closet case but his voice is the pits.

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